Jimmy Couldn’t Stop In Time

Jimmy always was a restless boy

Wouldn’t take time for boyhood toys

Wanted to be big like boys he knew

And do all the things that big boys do

He loved to watch the big boy games

But there was one, his favorite thing

When Joe met Sally, they’d talk and smile

Then go off together for a little while

Joe would come back with a shine in his eyes

A swagger in his step when he told the guys

How he conquered Sally and made her beg

Sent her home smiling every single day

Young little Jimmy started early, though

Found himself a girl just a little bit slow

She took the bait, believed his line

But Jimmy’s little Jimmy couldn’t stop in time

Little Jimmy ran away like little boys do

Left a pregnant little girl singin’ the blues

He tried to grow up before his years

Leaving trouble in his wake and a million tears

Jimmy lived his life on the wild side

Took a couple of his buddies for a wild ride

Took a turn to fast and crossed the line

Drunk little Jimmy couldn’t stop in time

Jimmy was sent a thousand miles away

To a prison full of Jimmys with plenty to say

Jimmy chimed in with a piece of his mind

Jimmy, poor Jimmy, couldn’t stop in time

He grew up hard and he grew up fast

His prison time finally past

On the outside Jimmy found a simple way

But he lived regretting every single day

One day Jimmy heard a preacher call

“Jesus Christ is Lord of all”

But Jimmy had his own thing far too long

Left the preacher standin’ there singing his song

The day of Jimmy’s death came quite by surprise

The darkness closed in, he couldn’t open his eyes

But his mind woke up and panic set in

He realized something was up, right then

Jimmy heard a voice say, “I’ve got bad news”

“I sent an alarm, but you hit the snooze

You could have been forgiven, but you turned away

Jimmy, oh Jimmy, now you gotta pay”

His life flashed before him, all he had done

All the good, all the bad, every single one

Every moment, every hour, flooded his mind

But Jimmy, poor Jimmy, couldn’t go back in time

He couldn’t go back and turn it around

The day he rejected that Holy Ground

When God was there inviting him, “Come!”

And Jimmy said, “No!” to the Risen Son

Now, Jimmy’s gone to where Jimmys go

When they turn to God and say, “Thank you, no!”

And reject the resurrected Love lit sign

Every Jimmy there wishes…he could...stop in time